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Skica. 10x10 with Ski Pieces and Camels. (10x10, Cells: 100) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
H. G. Muller wrote on Wed, Oct 5, 2022 08:13 AM UTC:
satellite=skica files=10 ranks=10 promoZone=3 promoChoice=!P,Q1,SQ2,W3 graphicsDir=/graphics.dir/alfaeriePNG/ graphicsType=png squareSize=50 darkShade=#8FABC3 lightShade=#CBDFFF rimColor=#677B8C coordColor=#CBDFFF borders=0 useMarkers=1 firstRank=1 symmetry=mirror pawn:P:ifmnDfmWfceF:pawn:a3-j3 knight:N:N:knight:c2,h2 camel::::d1,g1 ski-bishop:SR:jB:cardinal1:c1,h1 bishop:B:B:bishop:d2,g2 ski-rook:SB:jR:chancellor1:a1,j1 rook:R:R:rook:b2,i2 wildebeest::NC::e1 ski-queen:SQ:jQ:falcon:f1 queen:Q:Q:queen:e2 king:K:KisO3:king:f2

Skica

An interesting variant. Ski-pieces are not used all that often in variants, and should definitely give it a unique flavor. I also like the fact that castling makes the King end up well in a corner despite the fact that the Rooks are not on the edge. I could not find the inverted pieces in the Alfaerie PNG set, so I improvised a bit for those in the Diagram. (Alternatives would have been the symbols for the hoppers, or the halflings (but there is no halfling Queen.)


💡📝Daniel Zacharias wrote on Wed, Oct 5, 2022 12:35 AM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from Tue Oct 4 07:47 PM:

They do hop


Greg Strong wrote on Tue, Oct 4, 2022 11:34 PM UTC in reply to Jean-Louis Cazaux from 07:47 PM:

They hop over the first square


Jean-Louis Cazaux wrote on Tue, Oct 4, 2022 07:47 PM UTC:

Just to make sure about the moves of the Ski-XXX. Can they hop over the 1st square if it is occupied or not? For example, is the Ski-Bishop moving as Alfil-then-Bishop, A(A-B) or like Tamerlane Chess Talia which needs a first square empty, nA(A-B) ?


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